CVE-2009-1190
Description
From CVE.org
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the java.util.regex.Pattern.compile method in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.6, when used with spring.jar in SpringSource Spring Framework 1.1.0 through 2.5.6 and 3.0.0.M1 through 3.0.0.M2 and dm Server 1.0.0 through 1.0.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via serializable data with a long regex string containing multiple optional groups, a related issue to CVE-2004-2540.
Statement
This flaw affected JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0 when run on Sun JDK 1.5.x. It was resolved in JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.2.0, both by updating spring and by dropping support for Sun JDK 1.5.x.
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